Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social
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He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.
When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.
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wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...
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Here are 11 observations about the first few weeks of a highly entertaining NBA season: www.theringer.com/2025/11/11/n...
11 Thoughts on the Bulls, Ja Morant Trades, and the NBA’s Wild Start
It’s early and it’s messy, but the NBA season is already bursting with intrigue. We’re back.
www.theringer.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here are 11 observations about the first few weeks of a highly entertaining NBA season: www.theringer.com/2025/11/11/n...
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I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
Iranian actor Ershadi dies at 78 after battle with cancer
Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi died at 78 on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, state news agency IRNA reported.Ershadi rose to international fame with
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
the YouTube TV–Disney standoff has reached its 13th day, and the vibes are only getting weirder slate.com/business/202...
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
the YouTube TV–Disney standoff has reached its 13th day, and the vibes are only getting weirder slate.com/business/202...
I'M SO HAPPY
Two Aesop Rock albums in a year, outrageous
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'M SO HAPPY
leading with her Bruce Almighty credit ... the Daily Mail has truly gone too far
Bruce Almighty actress Sally Kirkland dead at 84 after a battle with dementia www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...
Bruce Almighty actress Sally Kirkland dead at 84
Bruce Almighty actress Sally Kirkland has died aged 84.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
leading with her Bruce Almighty credit ... the Daily Mail has truly gone too far
I like Horowitz but come on man you can absolutely have Bond waking up in the shower and saying it was all a dream. you could even revive him as the cyborg from Hard Boiled. use that imagination bruv
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I like Horowitz but come on man you can absolutely have Bond waking up in the shower and saying it was all a dream. you could even revive him as the cyborg from Hard Boiled. use that imagination bruv
hopefully this reinvigorates the Art of the CD Booklet as well
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
hopefully this reinvigorates the Art of the CD Booklet as well
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Landed on the same roster as BDP, D-Nice, Schoolly D, Steady B, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince & Too Short. Rebrands to a Rap Rocker with a band that flies a Confederate flag in 1998. His little sister Jill reveals they were never poor or lived in a trailer park in an interview circa 2000.
Rich kid cosplaying as a trailer park kid changes name to Kid Rock and morphs into a hip-hop kid who somehow turns a love for the Allman Bros and Run-DMC into a weird career that scored him one hit, one trophy wife and a delusional mind that keeps telling him he's relevant & showering is optional.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Landed on the same roster as BDP, D-Nice, Schoolly D, Steady B, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince & Too Short. Rebrands to a Rap Rocker with a band that flies a Confederate flag in 1998. His little sister Jill reveals they were never poor or lived in a trailer park in an interview circa 2000.
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"The type of motherfuckers who were into the type of shit I was on didn’t exist 10 years ago. Now, all these kids are genre-blending."
Danny Brown, Back for the First Time
The audacious rap veteran on sobriety, platforming trans artists, and working with the next generation of hyperpop stars on his latest album, ‘Stardust.’
www.hearingthings.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The type of motherfuckers who were into the type of shit I was on didn’t exist 10 years ago. Now, all these kids are genre-blending."
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Today is Armistice Day.
Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine
YouTube video by Legion Magazine
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November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today is Armistice Day.
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before y'all get too excited, read the article where it says they're doing it to invest even more in openai
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
before y'all get too excited, read the article where it says they're doing it to invest even more in openai
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NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin 91-vote margin after another batch of votes were counted Monday. Wilson appears well-positioned to...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
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on some level it's bad that twitter is encouraging them but if you can get this mad about not getting fake twitter kudos your brain is broken
Twitter created an official account that features posts that got lots of high quality engagement, and this guy is going absolutely Nasim Aghdam mode over his post not being included. They sent him something like $10k over it originally
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
on some level it's bad that twitter is encouraging them but if you can get this mad about not getting fake twitter kudos your brain is broken
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Via Adam Shatz's most recent piece in NYRB, today I learned that Alice Coltrane started her recording career by appearing on, essentially, a vibraphone klezmer album. And you know what? It's great.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Via Adam Shatz's most recent piece in NYRB, today I learned that Alice Coltrane started her recording career by appearing on, essentially, a vibraphone klezmer album. And you know what? It's great.
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This guy on Twitter is defending Elon's reading ability with these old tweets from him saying sci-fi author Iain Banks would have opposed unions because he was all about individual freedom. This is not what you should post if you want to convince people someone has read Iain Banks.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This guy on Twitter is defending Elon's reading ability with these old tweets from him saying sci-fi author Iain Banks would have opposed unions because he was all about individual freedom. This is not what you should post if you want to convince people someone has read Iain Banks.
in which @tonyhotran.bsky.social greets you all upon the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the actual shipwreck, in this instance of observance) slate.com/technology/2...
Why Everyone With a Phone Was Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck This Week
How a Great Lakes shipwreck turning 50 gave rise to the most ridiculous and reverent of memes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
in which @tonyhotran.bsky.social greets you all upon the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the actual shipwreck, in this instance of observance) slate.com/technology/2...
"Starting this year the so-called 'media traffic apocalypse' caused by Google's pivot to AI search has cut our ad revenue by 70%. Prior to that, Facebook and X's deprioritization of links hurt too, but I can't downplay the brutal impact of AI Overview."
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Starting this year the so-called 'media traffic apocalypse' caused by Google's pivot to AI search has cut our ad revenue by 70%. Prior to that, Facebook and X's deprioritization of links hurt too, but I can't downplay the brutal impact of AI Overview."
all condolences due to YouTube TV subscribers hoping that Monday Night Football would return this week … bsky.app/profile/niti...
guess what I just wrote about 🙃 slate.com/business/202...
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
all condolences due to YouTube TV subscribers hoping that Monday Night Football would return this week … bsky.app/profile/niti...
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
hey I mean, as long as it's better than the original adaptation
A ‘V FOR VENDETTA’ series is in the works at HBO.
Pete Jackson is attached to write the series with James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios as executive producers.
Source: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Pete Jackson is attached to write the series with James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios as executive producers.
Source: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hey I mean, as long as it's better than the original adaptation